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The CURIOUS o., LIFE.

An experienced halter says one tall man
buys more hats than three short men. Doors
and projections and roofs are destructive to
fine hats on six foot men.
A woman down in Maine has collection
of more than 800 kinds of candy, and she is
considered @ great blessing TO the town in
which she lives. All the flies in the village
collect about her house and stay there the sea-
son through
In the window of boarding house in
western town the following notice is posted:
"This amt a Boarding House; it's just all Or
binary plain hash house. But don't pass it
by on that account, for there amt no better
in the hull diggins."
William Milan, q merchant of st. Joseph,
Mo-, has gone to Australia to marry young
lady whom lie has never seen, but with whom
the engagement was brought about by cor
respondence. The lady is handsome heiress,
and Milan is also rich.
A gentleman writes from. Albany to say
that there is in that city 7-year-old boy,
Albert Blum by name, and q match peddler
by occupation, who can multiply 1.-TWO num-
bers not to exceed 2,0OO In his head and give
the correct answer" This gentleman "saw
Albert multiply 1,227 by 49,"
A traveller at Lake Lucerne recently, at the
same moment, heard an opera troupe re-
hearsing aMignon" at the Kursaal; an en-
thusiastic Puritan lady leading Moody and
Sanky hymn; an evangelical divine pouring
forth sermon at the schweitzerhof; the Or
nate mass at the double lowered Catholic
church; Mendelssohn voluntary at the
English Protestant church and Neapolitan
n
boat on the blue and CLASSY lake.
A rich, and therefore economical, farmer
in Goshen, Conn, who has a COW that does
not give milk this season, has adopted
plan whereby the dry cow is made to suffer
for her dryness and in O manner earn her
own living. He has attached to her head a
contrivance which makes it impossible for her
to get her head within six or eight inches Of
the ground Therefore she has to eat thistles,
weeds and tall swamp grass. thereby saving
the white honeysuckle and low sweet gras.
for his cows that give milk.
Among the presents received by the young
people at recent Dakota wedding were the
following: From groom to bride, one bull
pup, one yaller dog, pair water spaniels and
a pure meerschaum pipe with tobacco; from
bride to groom. one good shotgun, one bowie
knife, rifle and three dogs; from parents of
bridegroom, one fiddle, one banjo, spotted
pup and six pounds Of tobacco; from Shotgun
club, of which the young couple were mem
bers, one English mastiff and a pair Of silver
mounted pistols.
The Africans on the coast are far more in
teiligent than those in the interior Just
south of the Republic of Liberia there is a
large swampy region which extends for hum
dreds of miles into the interior and for many
miles along the coast. Whenever it is deemed
necessary to penetrate this vast morass, which
abounds IN snakes, the natives simply rub the
soles of their feet with garlic and oil. The
scet Of the garlic is too much for tho delicate
stonachs Of the reptiles aud they craw1away
as fast as they are able. This insures almost
absclase safety.
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receive no pay and that they could resign
whenever they pleased. The count re-
turned to Europe in 1862, having received
the warmest praise for the part he took in
the war. In 1864 he married his cousin,
daughter of the Duke de Montpensier.
In 1871 the count was admitted as a
member of the National assembly at Yer
sailles, under M. Theirs, president of the
French republic. In 1872 the assembly
voted the restitution of the property of
his family, the family of Orleans, and on
Aug. the count had his celebrated inter-
view with the Count of Chambord, whom
he acknowledged as the head of the royal
house of France.
The count is the author of several other
remarkable papers. In 1879 he published
an article which was translated under the
heading of 'The Trades Unions of Eng
land" and which attracted considerable
attention ut the time He is also the
author of "As History of the Civil War in
America -
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lyn, VINO was
known while in congress as the "Tail
Twister of the British Lion," mado
several unsuccessful attempts to get such
bill through the house. There was
much eloquence, and many spread eagle
eulogies of Jefferson, but no money was
forthcoming, and the last attempt made
in congress was during the last session,
when O descendant of Alexander Hamil-
ton was among the friends of Mrs Meikle-
ham in lobbying for the bill. While the
bill was discussed during Robinson's con-
gressional career, q citizen of one of the
large towns of northern Ohio wrote to
Mrs. Meikleham that she might have
home in his house as long as she lived.
This letter was published, but Mrs Meikle.
ham, while she thought the government
owed something to her on behalf Of the
good her grandfather did for the country,
was not willing to accept charity from
private parties, and she refused it.
She was never, however, in absolute
need of life's comforts. For years she
lived in Georgetown, and had an old but
comfortable house on the heights. Such
cottage would probably rent for $50 a
month. She died in one of the best parts
of Washington, and the house she occupied
uuIlnS nel IttSp years WAS pTouabty Wortn
$1,000 and would rent for $45 This
house she rented, and it was very COM
fortably furnished, containing among other
things many old paintings and some rare
pieces of furniture which came down to
her from her grandfather. A little black
walnut cabinet, which was made by one of
Jefferson's slaves, was among her treas
ures, and she had some of the chairs which
came from Monticello, two Of which had
been used by Louis XVI
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THE YELLED PROPHETS.
THE TENTH ANNUAL PAGEANT TO
BE Hello AT ST. LOUIS.

Something About the Regular Annual
Spectacle of the City ON the Missouri.
What the Programme Has Been in Past
Years-This Years Programmes.
On the night of Tuesday, Oct. 4, the
mysterious order OF Yelled Prophets will
give at St. Louis what the herald of the
order is pleased to proclaim its 'sgrand
nocturnal pageant and ball. The Yelled
Prophets and their pageant are among the
standard attractions of st. Louis during
the autumn. This year they celebrate
their tenth anniversary with a parade
which it is promised will exceed in mag
nificence anything they have hereto
fore presented. The Yelled Prophets
pageant consists of a series of ''fioats" or
moving stages ON which are arranged
interesting tableaux. Each float is drawn
by four horses, covered by long blankets
on which are embroidered the letters "V.
p" led by four mysterious individuals,
cloaked and masked. Each is brilliantly
illumined by the colored fire from dozens
of torches borne by attendants on either
side. At intervals along the line of the
procession are bands of music. In front
of each float is carried banner bearing
tuG uuIuUeE Vi tue uO,tU duu Iuc SuDJeCG VI
the tableau on it. AT the head of the
column rides a platoon of police. The
scene on the streets during the passage of
the pageant is strange and extremely inter-
esting. Along the line of march the streets
are brilliantly Illuminated. Long waving
lines of fire on either side render the scene
almost as bright as day. Atshort intervals
arches of colored fire span the street, while
special designs of flaming gas jets cover
the fronts of business houses and from
convenient points there are private dis
plays of pyrotechnics. The street is
packed almost to suffocation with slow
moving humanity, while every side street
is blocked with carriages and wagons used
as temporary reviewing stands. In front
ef the larger buildings crowds of men,
women and children fill temporary stands,
while from every window above projects
a long ledge, well rallied and provided
with chairs for the sightseers. The roofs
of the building are covered with people,
and the telegraph poles bear human fruit
AS the brilliant procession moves along,
the sea Of humanity parts before it and
closes in again behind the last float.
Handkerchiefs are waved from open win
dows to the characters on the floats, who
respond to the salute with some charac-
teristic gesture; flowers are scattered be-
fore the procession, and the crowd yells
itself hoarse in its appreciation of the dis
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A FAIR YOUNG PHlLANTHROPlST

Miss Caldwell, Who Has Given $500, 900
for the Catholic University.
Miss Mary Gwendolen Caldwell, the
young lady who has given $500, 900 to the
founding of the new Catholic university
in Washington, lives in New York city,
in the apartment house on the northeast
corner of Thirtieth street and Madison
avenue, with her sister. These young
ladies are orphans, and are possessed of
an estate valued at $5,000,000. Their
father, William Shakespeare Caldwell,
was of an English family in Fredericks-
burg, Va; their mother was a sister of
John c. Breckenridge, of Kentucky. Mr..
Caldwell inherited his wealth from his
father, who made it by Introducing gas
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DEER LODGE, MONTANA, OCTOBER 7, 1887 WFIOI
NO. 952.

gentlemen, it is understood, disguise them
selves in various costumes and take
part in the moving tableaux on the
street, afterward participating in the
ball. The street pageant is free to all.
The ball is free, too, but it is free only to
those who have received invitations from
the Prophets. AS invitations are obtain
able only through members of the organ
ization and as it's membership is a pro-
found secret, it is not an easy thing for
those who have not been voluntarily
favored to obtain tickets. This year there
will be fewer tickets for distribution
among the people of st. Louis than there
have been before, because the visit of
. President Cleveland and his wife will
bring to the city an enormous influx Of
visitors and the strangers must be cared
for first. The Prophets will prepare
special reception for the president and his
party, and the hall will be decorated with
special designs in their honor.
The subjects chosen for illustration in
past years have very nearly exhausted the
supply. There are twenty-five floats in
the procession each year, and it is difficult
to find an interesting subject which will
furnish twenty-five tableaux. The
Prophets" illustrated one year the arts
and sciences showing the progress of the
world in the past century. Another year
the "Arabian Nights'' fables were
illustrated. One year scenes from
the plays Of the immortal
Shakespeare were reproduced. Last
season scenes from American history were
presented. This year the subject an
nounced is Bible history, and the scenes
presented will be chosen from subjects in
the Old Testament. They will include
the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the
Garden of Eden, the killing of Abel by
his brother Cain, Abraham's offer of his
son Isaac on the altar, Samson's betrayal
by Delilah, the visit of the Queen of
Sheba to Solomon, scenes in the life of
Joseph, Moses on Mount Sinai and many
other scenes-in all twenty-one tableaux
which, with the float of the grand oracle,
will make the pageant consist Of twenty
two fonts
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VOL. 10, NO. 15
NEBUCHADNEZZAR.

You Nebuctadnezzah, whoa. sabj
Whar is you tryin' to 60, sab?
I'd hab you for to know, sab,
Is a-holdin' ob de lines.
You better stop dat prancin'.
Iou's pow full fond OBJ dancin'.
But I'll bet my yeah's advancin'
Dat Ill cure you OBJ your shines.
Look heah, mule! Better min out
Fus' ting you know you'll fin out
How quick I'll wear dis line out
On your ugly, stubborn back.
You needn't try to steal up
An lif dat precious heel up;
Iou's got to plow dis fiel' up
You has, sab, for fac.
Oar, dat's de way to do it!
He's comm right down to it;
Jes' watch him plowin' troo it.
Dis nigger ain t no fool
Some folks dey would q beat him;
Now dat-would only heat him
know ies' how to treat him
You mus reason wild a mule
He minds me like a Niger;
II he was only bigger
He'd fetch mighty fgger,
He would, l tell You. Yes, sahi
See how he keeps a-clicllin'.
He's as gentle as a chicken,
An neber thinks o. kickin'-
Whoa dar! Nebuchadnezzah.
Is dis heah me, or not ME?
Or is de debbil got mef
Was dat q cannon shot me?
Had laid heah rnoretn n weel,S
Dat mule do kick amazn'.
De beast was spilled in raisin'-
By now 'spect he S grain
On de oder side de creek
IRWIN RUSSELL
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Flowers, but No Trees.

The extreme eastern coast of Siberia is
as barren as one could imagine. In fact
this whole north country is. I have seen
the Asiatic coast for several hundreds OF
miles, the Aleutian and many other ISL
ands, and sections of the coast of Alaska,
and have yetsto see either tree or even
brush growing. But flowers are plenty
wherever the snow is of the ground. Tho
moss here blossoms profusely i'm most
Instances and the blooms are Of various
colors and in some instances very sweet
scented. Cor. Chicago Times.
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Iya cnnfxa Inv f1ta Card.

They had just heen to see Booth in "Han'-
let"
"How did you like the performance" asked
Symperson.
"Oh, delightful, with three exceptions The
King wasn't any good, and neither was the
Queen, and there was one other character
that was very badly played"
"Ab, perhaps the jack, suggested symper-
s0il-Tid Bits
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A Goldfish in Harness.

A young man at Fort Popham the other
day caught cod which weighed probably
thirty pounds, and which he placed in largs
hogshead and SO kept alive. When the party
went into the water the young man harnessed
up the cod with stout twine and placed him
In the water. He had great deal of sport,
and finally, after considerable persuasion,
allowed young lady to try his sea horse. A
life preserver was procured and fastened ON
her, and she grasped the reins holding the
large cod. The fish struck out for deep water
at rapid pace. The young lady, becoming
uneasy, dropped che reins, but they caughtin
her feet, and if party had not gone TO her
rescue in sailboat the result would have
been disastrous. Argus.
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WAITING FOR UNIFORMS.

Habit has a great hold upon men. The
reserviste finds the supreme moment Of
distress when he passes from civil to mill
tary life. The cut represents some reSer-
vistes at the fateful moment just previous
to donning their uniforms. Having
doffed paletots and chapeauX, they see
themselves in the military caps and en-
folded in the vast capote of the soldier.
All distinctions of class indicated by the
details of the toilet are effaced. There is
no more monsieur, no more patron, no
more workmen. All are sergeants, cor
porals or soldiers. The speech of the un-
der officers is briefer and more imperious;
the faces of the men more reserved. Their
ears begin to grow accustomed to the
words 4Acof1signe, y sssalle de police,
The reservistes, while still in their civil
attire, at the clothing magazine, pass un-
der the vigilant eye of a young officer,
whose appearance at once shows that he
belongs to the active part of the military.
Within the great wardrobe room are
shelves filled with caps, trousers and all
the articles pertaining to soldiers toilet.
They are clothed piece by piece and taken
before the captain of the company, who
passes judgment on them, for the regi-
ment must look its best in clothes as well
as muscle. Wluc arm nOleS, comfortable
sleeves, immense shoes, caps which cover
the head and come down close to the ears
these are the dictates of fashion in the
army just now. Meantime there are
some who have trouble getting anything
to cover them. Immense abdomens re-
fuse to hide themselves under any trou-
sers or coat to be found. The owners Of
these rotund forms are obliged to be left
in their civil clothes until the tailor of
the regiment builds them garments which
will cover their massive proportions
These, for eight days, are privileged char
acters. They go about and enjoy them
selves in the quarters, free from exercise.
At last it is all done. The clothes of
the bourgeois, folded and bearing the
names of their owners. are put away.
They go to drill feeling awkward in the
unaccustomed clothing. In few days
all this is effaced, and they almost forget
that they ever wore anything but military
toggery After month when the colonel
reviews them he can honestly felicitate
them on their rapid military acquire
mnntS
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OUR OWN.

The little child that sits beside our feet
May rob us of our strength and rest so sweet,
And cause our way with cares to be thick strewn
And yet we love our own.
There may be fairer lands and brighter skies,
There may be friends more faithful or more wise
Than any we have ever seen or known;
But each will love his own
Mrs. Clara B. Heath
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FORKS OLD COURT HOUSE.

James Smith, another of the signers,
was one of York's most distinguished cit
izens, and Thomas Hartly, the first men,
Der of congress from York county, lived
here in fine style. The first locomotive
ever built in America was built in York
by Phineas Davis, resident, and the en-
gine was first used upon the Baltimore
and Susquehanna railroad. The quaint
aspect of the old town, with its comfort
able low houses of stone and brick, has
changed, and the advent of the railroads
has brought to it the roar of modern civil
iZation.
The cut shows the old court house in
which the continental congress held its
sessions in York.
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NEW YORK YACHT CLUB COURSE.
over which the two yachts will sail on
the 9th. The first race will be sailed
over the inside course, starting from Owls
Head. The second race-Sept. 29-will
be sailed either from Buoy 5, the
Scotland hghtship, or the Sandy Hook
hghtship, according to the wind on the
day Of the race. The third race, If it is
necessary, will be sailed over triangular
course outside of Sandy Hook.
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A slight Projection.

Going to the opera in Boston. "Ain't You
going to take your fan with you, Aramintag
aNon
GWcll. think you ought to.
aWl,at's the usc2 There Is not too much
heat in the house at this season. I"
"Rut should think you would want some-
tl;no 10 cover yourself with after you take
IN yo,,r cloak. Boston Courier,
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into Louisville,
Cincinnati nd
New Orleans. The
parents of these
young ladies were
converts to the
Catholic fai tn.
During their life
time the family
lived in Newport,
in a villa Of their
own, in the sum
mer and w e n t
south in the win
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Undoubtedly q I've.

The water OF Medical lake, at Spokane
Falls, Washington territory, is SO charged
with certain salts that It resembles i've, and
is used in making soap. When the surface
of the lake Is disturbed by . gale the waves
are crested with soapsuds, which when de-
posted on the beach are gathered up BY bar
bers and used to lather their PATRONS
Omaha Bee. ~
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vbere Cant. john Smith Lay.

The Virglnians cannot locate the spot
where Capt John Smith was to have been
killed. A Richmond man says: Sometimes
we have strong reasons for locating the spot
at sPowhata,l.' just below the city; then.
again. we think it ought to be further down
the river. Many relic hunters have chipped
pieces from big rock at sPowhatal,' bciiey-
ing that they were securing fragments of the
stone upon which Smiths head was placed to
receive blows from the clubs c. the Indians y
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

1. Any one who takes paper regularly from n
Postotice-whether directed to his name or another
or whether he has subscribed motifs responsible
for the payment.
2. 1t person orders his paper discontinued, b..
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher will con
time to send until payment is made and collect the
whole amount. whether the paper is taken from the
office or not.
8. The courts have decided that refusing to take
tbenewspapers periodicals from the Postoffce or
removing and leaving them uncalled for, is primo
fGcie evidence of intentionalfr fraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option Of the Subscriber.
Remittances by draft check, money ORDER or reeis.
tered letter, may Re sent at risk An Postmasterp
are required to register letters on application.
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JEFFERsoN's GRANDDAUGHTER.
Mrs. Septima j. Meikleham and lie
Long and Evcntful Career.

Mrs. Septima j. Meikleham and Her
Long and Evcntful Career.
There was no more delightful conversa-
tionalist in Washington than Mrs Sep
TINA or Septimia J. Meikleham, the last
surviving granddaughter of Thomas JEFF
ferson, who died at the capital and was
buried at New York recently.
Acquainted with the great men and wo.
men of the past three generations, she
could tell stories by the hour of their per-
sonal peculiarities and of her experiences
with them. She was q close friend of
Dolly Madison, was entertained at the
White House when Jackson was presi-
dent, and filled many a time his corn cob
pipe for him. While she was sick in
Washington as a young girl Mrs. Madi-
son sat up with her night after night, and
it was she whom Jefferson thought most
of during his last years as his favorite
grandchild, and it was upon her head tha'
his hands rested in his dying moments.
She was the seventh daughter of Martha
Jefferson, and was the wife of distin-
guished physician whom she married in
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were declarations
in favor of the
Union. w h G II,
how ever, his
state seeded, he
followed her for
tunes into the
war, and served
as adjutant gen.
eral on Gen.
Cheatham's S staff.
He af1erward
sat on the circuit
court bench, and
in 1876 succeeded
John C. Brown
as governor of
Tappaccao un
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She Never Lived.


The woman who would be by her husband adored.
And ne'er be refused q new hat,
Who'd always allow him to have the last word
Whene'er they engaged in spat.
All. could such wife be possessed by man
His pathway through life she'd iiiumine,
But alack for the world. since creation began
There never has been such a woman.
Boston Courier.
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A QUAINT OLD TOWN.
Where the Articles of Confederation
We're First Adnnfea

Where the Articles of Confederation
Were First Adopted.
They are holding centennial in York,
Pa, this year. The town was settled in
1928 by the Germans, and there the CONT
mental congress adjourned from Philadel-
phia in September, 1887, to June, 1888.
1t was incorporated in 1857. But it is
chiefly noted as the town where the
articles of confederation were signed,
on the 18th Of November, 1777 Dur
ing the first session of the continental
congress here occurred the resignation
of John Hancock and the death of
Philip Livingstone, one of the immortal
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Hon. James d. Porter.

At the close of the war James %. Porter,
of Tennessee, who has just resigned the
position of first assistant secretary of
state, was Union member of the Ten.
nessee legislature. He is the author of
the celebrated Porter resolutions, which
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rrencl, and German Toys.

French toy manufacturers are complain
ing of the crushing rivalry of the Ger
mans, who are charged with making false
custom house entries to secure low duties,
and with initiating French goods. Chi
cago Times,